Brie Ruais created this sweeping sculpture from 130 pounds of raw clay, mirroring the artist’s own physical weight. Each mark in "Traveling with the Wind, West, 130lbs" evidences the artist’s bodily connection to a powerful and evolving Earth.

In this series, the artist does what she calls “wind work,” following the guidance of gusts and gales near her Santa Fe, New Mexico, studio as her body scrapes and pushes the clay into shape.

Looking closely at the finished artwork, visitors can see prints of the artist’s fingers, hands and heels. The sculpture also has cracks and breaks in the clay, which the artist notes represent the Earth’s resistance to her.

Ruais' sculptures are often exhibited with videos that show the creation process, with her body moving in a rhythm with shifting sands u

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